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Bracewell, Melanie A., Hennessy, Enid M., Wolke, Dieter and Marlow, Neil (2007) The EPICure study : growth and blood pressure at 6 years of age following extremely preterm birth. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, Vol.93 (No.2). pp. 108-114. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.118596 ISSN 0003-9888.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.118596
Abstract
Background: Preterm children are at risk for reduced growth in early childhood, which may predispose them to later changes in blood pressure. We studied growth and blood pressure (BP) in extremely preterm (EP) children at age 6 years.
Methods: We evaluated children who were born at 25 completed weeks of gestation or less in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1995 when they reached early school age. Children underwent standardized assessments, including auxology and sitting blood pressure.
Results: Of 308 surviving children, 241 (78 percent) were assessed at a median age of 6 years 4 months; 160 full term classmates acted as a comparison group. Compared to classmates, EP children were 1.2 standard deviations (SD) lighter, 0.97SD shorter, BMI was 0.95SD lower and head circumference 1.3SD lower. Compared to 2.5 years of age, EP children showed catch up in terms of weight by 0.37SD, height by 0.42SD and head circumference by 0.13SD. Systolic
and diastolic BP were lower by 2.3mmHg and 2.4mmHg respectively in EP children but these differences were accounted for by differences in height and BMI. Maternal smoking in pregnancy was associated with lower BP, children born before 24 weeks had higher systolic and children given postnatal steroids higher diastolic pressures.
Conclusions: Poor postnatal growth seen after birth and at in the third year persists into school age. Catch up growth reduces some of the early deficit but is least for head growth.
Despite serious postnatal growth restriction blood pressure appears similar in both EP and term classmates.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Premature infants, Child development, Blood pressure, Growth -- Research | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition | ||||
Publisher: | BMJ Group | ||||
ISSN: | 0003-9888 | ||||
Official Date: | 27 July 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.93 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 108-114 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1136/adc.2007.118596 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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